Yeah, I'm a follower, but I wanted to put up some stuff too. It's one of the only ways I can thank Tom for his years of showmanship. Like Rick said, I hope to see Critical Mass with Wiz at the controls.

And can we ever hace too many Critical Mass photos?

Bill Pearce

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11-14-2003, 01:52 PM

Last one..... Number 10..... Thanks Tom!

Bill Pearce

rpzo

11-14-2003, 02:05 PM

Nice shots Bill!

Are you using an IS lens or just have an extremely steady hand?

Rick

W J Pearce

11-14-2003, 02:46 PM

Thanks Rick. These were all with a Sigma 50-500mm. No IS or VR or OS.

Bill

rpzo

11-14-2003, 04:02 PM

Damn, you are a human tripod! Isn't the multiplication factor on your camera 1.6 which would essentially make your lens a 80-800?

Hope you don't mind but I took the liberty of tweaking one of the pictures you posted in Photoshop to see if the colors could be a bit more vibrant. The picture looked a bit flat on my monitor and I wasn't sure if it was my monitor or the pic itself. How does this one look on yours?

Rick

Arboc

11-14-2003, 06:33 PM

:) To be a leader,you must first learn to follow! So share whatcha got! I just wish I could get pics from the top of the plane for a change!!! CR.

W J Pearce

11-14-2003, 06:38 PM

Hey Rick,

My camera has a 1.5x factor so the lens is a 75-750mm. But then the sigma suposedly only goes to about 460mm so that would make it a 75-690mm. Color is always a pain. I don't mind (I think I can sue you now because of the copyright). I eye ball it and try to make it how I remember it. Plus I did not have my camera set up as I should. And everyone's monitor is a bit different, and all printers print a bit different. Then there is the brightness. They look exposed corectly to me, but are they too bright for everyone else? Are they too dark?.... Awww screw it..... Close enough.

Thanks for the coments,

Bill Pearce

rpzo

11-14-2003, 09:27 PM

Hey, I left your copyright on the image. Wasn't trying to take credit for something I didn't do.

I was just curious about color saturation coming out of a digital camera compared to film. All I did was adjust the levels down by .10 and it appeared to me like the orange and black became a bit deeper. Then again I was looking at it on my work monitor, which is different from my home monitor, which is yet different from my laptop...

Arboc

11-15-2003, 05:19 AM

:) You must have lotsa hours invested.I shut down www.rayhamlett.com because other things came up. Great Stuff! CR.

Arboc

12-03-2003, 11:18 AM

;) Forest Fire caused some problems with smoke,pics are grabbed frames from Digital Video and arent cleaned up yet! CR.:confused:

Arboc

12-03-2003, 11:23 AM

HA!!! It's working!!CR.:p

Arboc

12-03-2003, 11:26 AM

Auburn Airshow 2002, home of Critical Mass.

Arboc

12-03-2003, 11:29 AM

Trying to find a good one!:o

Arboc

12-03-2003, 11:32 AM

Another pic:o

Arboc

12-03-2003, 11:36 AM

:p Beautiful country,,I live near there!

Arboc

12-03-2003, 11:40 AM

I'm running out of words for a change!:eek:

Arboc

12-03-2003, 11:43 AM

I'll clean up my pics some and post later! CR.

Arboc

12-03-2003, 02:39 PM

;) Dwells let me crawl up and get good pics inside and down the nose,in the L/G area,,a Great bunch of Folks indeed! CR.